In today’s edition of Harbus, HBS’s student newspaper, students and administration take recent Alumnus Philip Delves Broughton to task for his written account of two years at HBS, entitled Ahead of the Curve. Carl Kester, Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs, attacks various inaccuracies in the book, stating, “I have been surprised and disappointed to see that in interviews conducted as part of a promotional tour, Mr. Delves Broughton has elected to focus almost exclusively on the negative aspects of his time at HBS with remarks that seem carefully crafted to shock and provoke.” (Of course, Mr. Delves Broughton is trying to use the sensational aspects to sell his book, and Harbus’s focus on the book will only help him do so.) In addition to Mr. Kester, students take on Mr. Delves Broughton in book reviews and opinion pieces, and one student even defends him. In fact, almost all of today’s Harbus issue is dedicated to Mr. Delves Broughton and is well worth the read, as it reveals some of seemingly invulnerable HBS’s sensitivities. And, it is always entertaining to be in the middle of a tussle, isn’t it?
Blog
Upcoming Events
- No Stone Unturned: Your 2021/2022 MBA Application Starts Now! (Online)
- Standing Out from the 2+2 and Deferred Admissions Pack (Online)
- Decoding the HBS Interview (Online)
- Assessing Your MBA Profile (Online)
- Preparing a Standout EMBA Application (Online)
- MBA Interview Workshop (Online)
- "What Matters?" and "What More?": Writing Standout Stanford GSB and HBS Essays (Online)
Upcoming Deadlines
- NYU Stern (Round 3)
- MIT Sloan (Round 2)
- INSEAD (Round 4)
- UNC Kenan-Flagler (Round 3)
- USC Marshall (Round 3)
- Carnegie Mellon Tepper (Round 3)
- London Business School (Round 3)
- Cambridge Judge (Round 4)
- NYU Stern (Round 4)
Click here to see the complete deadlines
2020–2021 MBA Essay Analysis
- Carnegie Mellon University Tepper
- Columbia Business School
- Cornell University Johnson
- Dartmouth College (Tuck)
- Duke University Fuqua School of Business
- Emory University’s Goizueta Business School
- Georgetown McDonough
- Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business
- Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley,
- Harvard Business School
- INSEAD
- London Business School
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Sloan)
- New York University (Stern)
- Northwestern University (Kellogg)
- Notre Dame Mendoza
- Oxford University (Saïd Business School)
- Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Texas McCombs
- The George Washington University School of Business
- The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business
- UNC Kenan-Flagler
- University of California Los Angeles Anderson
- University of Cambridge Judge Business School
- University of Chicago (Booth)
- University of Michigan (Ross)
- University of Pennsylvania Wharton School
- University of Virginia (Darden)
- USC Marshall
- Yale School of Management
Click here for the 2019–2020 MBA Essay Analysis
MBA Program Updates
- Bard College MBA
- Berkeley-Haas
- Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
- Columbia University (Columbia Business School)
- Cornell University (Johnson)
- Dartmouth College (Tuck)
- Duke University (Fuqua)
- Emory University (Goizueta)
- George Washington University (GWSB)
- Georgetown University (McDonough)
- Harvard University (Harvard Business School)
- Indian School of Business
- Indiana University (Kelley)
- INSEAD
- London Business School
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
- New York University (Stern)
- Northwestern University (Kellogg)
- Notre Dame (Mendoza)
- Ohio State University (Fisher College)
- Oxford University (Saïd Business School)
- Southern Methodist University (Cox School of Business)
- Stanford University (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
- University of California Los Angeles (Anderson)
- University of Cambridge (Judge)
- University of Chicago (Booth)
- University of London (London Business School)
- University of Michigan (Ross)
- University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)
- University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
- University of Southern California (Marshall)
- University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
- University of Virginia (Darden)
- Yale University (School of Management)